Chevtaeva L.N. 1
1 Saratov State Technical University n.a. Gagarin Y.A.
The object of this scientific research is cultural and information interaction of users in the Internet. The purpose of it is obtaining quantitative measures of user activity on the use of various services, and downloading content. Research methods used in the article are a questionnaire and a description. In the process of work, the author had made up a questionnaire and used it to survey and to analyze the results. The research has revealed that most people want to get background information – 61.90 % of the answers, download software – 28,57 %, play online games – 18.60 %, download textbooks – 16.28 %, and visit educational sites – 13.95 %. According to the data it was found out that the most of active Internet users are young students. E-mail is on the 6th position in popularity among users. It is more popular than instant messenger service such as ICQ. This suggests that older communication services do not disappear when new ones emerge. The research results can be used for writing a science thesis.